From The Monroe Journal, Oct.
8, 1918
Local and Personal
Federal court, which should have convened in Charlotte
yesterday, has been postponed until November 18th on account of
Spanish influenza.
Schools have been suspended, the moving picture shows
closed, and all public gatherings dispersed with until the influenza situation
over the county is improved.
The children’s missionary society of the First Baptist
church picked cotton for Mr. Raymond Griffin last Thursday and devoted the
proceeds of their labor to State Missions. Thirteen hundred and twenty-six
pounds were picked in all.
A 12-year-old boy was found on the embankment near the
railroad shops yesterday afternoon suffering with influenza. He was carried to
the shop and examined by a physician and as he had no people to notify, he was
sent to Dr. Massey’s hospital. His home is in Aberdeen.
Mr. Grier Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Hudson, has
enlisted in the Tank Corps and is spending a few days with his parents prior to
reporting for duty on the 15th. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson now have four
sons in service. Lieut. Mike Hudson of the U.S. Navy, Mr. Will Hudson with a
motor truck company in France, and Mr. Joe Hudson in the Infantry, also in
France.
Deputy Sheriff Clifford Fowler yesterday arrested Bill
Summerfield, who lives near the state lines in Lanes Creek township, upon a
South Carolina warrant charging him with attempt to commit criminal assault
upon Lizzie Gibson. The crime was alleged to have taken place at the home of
the Gibson girl’s mother in Chesterfield county. When arrested Summerfield was
carrying a pistol and he was this morning tried for this before Recorder
Lemmond and taxed with $50 and the costs.
Members of the colored choirs from over the county at a
meeting presided over by Rev. Richard Allen Saturday afternoon perfected
arrangements for the singing contest which takes place at Wadesboro next Sunday.
They will meet at the courthouse here Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock and
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 for further practice.
People passing the Monroe Hardware for the past few days
have stopped and stared in astonishment at the sight which greets their eyes in
the large show window. They behold the sea, the coast with the cliffs rising
upward and sailing the waters of the bay is a boat bearing duck hunters. The
scene is very realistic and is the work of Mr. Gilmer Joyce. Mr. Joyce is
competing for a $200 prize offered by the Winchester Arms Company for the best
decorated window. We have been aware of the fact for some time that Mr. Joyce
was an expert decorator but we didn’t believe it was possible for anybody to
produce such a scene as he has done.
Henry Young, a colored farmer living on the western edge of
the county in town yesterday told a pitiable tale of how arriving home Tuesday
morning from Florence, S.C., with his bride of four days, he found his home and
all the outbuildings destroyed by fire. Several horses and other stock perished
in the flames and considerable feed was destroyed. The loss will amount to
about $3,000 and there was no insurance. A hat with the name of Mack Stafford
and a new oil can were found near the scene of the burned home and on these
evidences he was arrested and lodged in jail charged with setting fire to the
buildings.
Funeral services of Lieut. Amon Richardson, an account of
whose death appeared in Friday’s Journal, were held at Carmel church Saturday
afternoon. The pall bearers were Mark Squires, Thomas White and Dr. O.L. Moore
of Lenoir and P.H. Johnson, W.B. Love and R.L. Helms. He was buried in the
uniform of an American soldier, which he had worn in service and hoped soon to
be able to wear again across the seas. There were many and beautiful floral
designs, both from friends and neighbors and from a distance. Mr. Mark Squires
and Mr. W.B. Love made touching remarks at the funeral. Mr. Squires told of Mr.
Richardson’s life and character as a citizen, a lawyer, and a church worker. He
said that Lenoir and all of Caldwell county mourned their loss. Mr. Love spoke
of him as a boy, a college friend and a lawyer. Rev. J.E. Abernethy, who
conducted the service, made a very appropriate talk, and the body was then
carried to New Hope church, where it was buried, and the mound was covered with
the beautiful flowers that had been sent by sympathizing friends.
With the letting up of the order restraining the ginning of
cotton Monday morning, cotton poured into Monroe with a rush; 212 bales were
received yesterday.
Friday’s Journal announced that the High School would resume
regular work yesterday. Since then the board of trustees and teachers have decided
that on account of the influenza epidemic it was best to postpone the opening
for another week.
W.M. Henderson of Lancaster Route 8 was in town today,
returning home from Norfolk, Va., where he had been to see his son, Walter
Henderson, a soldier in camp at that place who has been sick but is now
improving.
If your mail does not find its way to your box with its
usual promptness, do not complain. Three members of the post office force,
Messrs. S.E. Haigler and Lloyd Sutton, and Miss Cora Lee Montgomery, are
confined to their homes with influenza.
Mrs. R.H. Garren yesterday afternoon received a telegram
from her husband, Dr. R.H. Garren, who went to Wilmington last week to aid in
combatting the spread of Spanish influenza, stating that he had been taken with
the disease and was confined to a hospital.
Rev. J.E. Abernethy’s address on “The War and the Liberty
Loan” in the court-house Sunday afternoon was a master piece. The necessity of
buying Bonds was presented to the audience as no speaker in Monroe has been
able to do heretofore. The impassioned utterance of the speaker brought tears
to the eyes of many of the men in the audience.
As chairman of the county council of defense Mr. B.C.
Ashcraft has ordered that the meeting of the Union Baptist Association, which
was to have been held in Olive Branch next week, be called off on account of
the Spanish influenza. The executive committee of the association will make
announcement later concerning the postponement and future date of the meeting.
Telegrams were received from Hamlet yesterday requesting
that if possible Monroe doctors come at once to attend those ill with influenza
in that city. It is said that it is impossible to secure the services of a
doctor there, all of them being ill. Monroe doctors were unable to answer the
call, there being only three white doctors in the town, and they are very much
overworked.
At a meeting held in the chamber of commerce rooms last
Friday night it was decided that the directors of the organization should elect
delegates to go to Washington to present the question of securing the radio
plant. Those elected were Messrs. J.C. Sikes, R.F. Beasley, R.A. Morrow, T.L.
Riddle and G.B. Caldwell. These gentlemen with the exception of Mr. Morrow who
was unable to attend on account of illness of his son Robert at Davidson
College, left last night.
Saturday night about 10 o’clock Mr. W.A. Whitaker of West
Monroe township was carrying several bottles of soft drinks in his arm when one
of the bottles burst and a piece of flying glass struck him in the right eye
cutting a piece of skin from other the pupil. He at once came to Monroe where
the glass was extricated. Sunday morning he went to Charlotte for treatment. At
last reports he was doing nicely.
Purely Personal
Mrs. O.M. Sanders and Mr. W.C. Sanders spent Sunday with Mr.
Sikes Sanders at Donaldson Military Academy at Fayetteville.
Miss Hattie Beasley is at home for two weeks while the
Edenton city schools are closed because of Spanish Influenza. Miss Annie May
Ashcraft, who also teaches at Edenton is visiting her uncle, Governor Bickett
in Raleigh.
Dr. J.W. Neal and Mrs. W.C. Sanders left Saturday afternoon
for Durham after receiving word that Mr. William Neal was very ill with
influenza. A message has since been received that Mr. Neil is much better.
Miss Hannah Blair, who is in school at St. Mary’s in
Raleigh, is at home for a short stay because of the influenza epidemic.
Miss Virginia Cole Blakeney is spending the week in
Charlotte visiting relatives.
Miss Mary Stewart left Friday for Washington where she has
accepted a civil service position.
Mr. M.C. Long received a message yesterday stating that his
son, Dr. Roy Long, who has enlisted in the medical corps, has arrived at his
home in Carlisle, South Carolina, ill with Spanish influenza.
Miss Mary Stewart left today for a visit to Miss Louise
Middleton in Goldsboro.
Mrs. Evelyn Prosby of Norfolk, Va., arrived Saturday night
to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Price.
Miss Claudia Sanders arrived home Sunday night for a short
stay as Coker College has been closed because of the influenza.
Mr. J.H. Lee left Sunday night for Durham where his son, Mr.
Clarence Lee, is very ill with influenza.
Mrs. A.M. Stack and little daughter, Chattie Stack, left
Saturday night for Baltimore where the latter will undergo treatment in Johns
Hopkins hospital.
Mrs. Geo. F. Ruitzler Jr., who is undergoing treatment in
Dr. Pryors’ hospital in Chester, is steadily improving and will soon be able to
leave the hospital.
Miss Rosa Blakeney is spending some time at home as the
Shelby school has closed on account of the influenza.
Miss Lucy Wray returned from Hartsville to spend two weeks
at home as Coker College has disbanded on account of influenza. Misses Esther
Suttle and Ruth Moore spent Monday with Miss Wray on their way to their home in
Shelby.
Mr. T.F. Limerick, Y.M.C.A worker stationed at Camp Greene,
has been home for a week suffering with influenza. He returned to his work
today.
Miss Martha Jennings of Spartanburg spent Sunday and Monday
with Miss Claudia Sanders.
Mr. A.A. Secrest has returned from a visit to his brother,
Mr. J.R. Secrest, at Paris, Texas, having gone there from the Confederate
veterans reunion at Tulsa, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Lowe are spending some time in
Marshville.
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